Building a Brick House

Cut the straw/grass into small pieces. Mix clay soil with the water in a large tub, until it is the consistency of batter.

Cut the cartons so they are approximately one inch high. Instruct the children to:

- Add the straw/grass to the mixture (while adding the straw/grass, explain to the children how it acts as a binding agent to hold everything together). - Spoon the mixture into the containers. - Tap the containers so that the mud settles down (this will help make your brick flat on its surfaces). - Place the containers in the sun to dry for several days. - Remove the brick from the carton when it has set. - Build a simple structure using mud as mortar to hold the bricks together.

* Explain to the children that bricks were also called adobes and the people used the adobes to build their houses.

Building a Brick House

Cut the straw/grass into small pieces. Mix clay soil with the water in a large tub, until it is the consistency of batter.

Cut the cartons so they are approximately one inch high. Instruct the children to:

- Add the straw/grass to the mixture (while adding the straw/grass, explain to the children how it acts as a binding agent to hold everything together). - Spoon the mixture into the containers. - Tap the containers so that the mud settles down (this will help make your brick flat on its surfaces). - Place the containers in the sun to dry for several days. - Remove the brick from the carton when it has set. - Build a simple structure using mud as mortar to hold the bricks together.

* Explain to the children that bricks were also called adobes and the people used the adobes to build their houses.

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